News & Features | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Site : President Awarded Public Service Medal

News

14 August 2006, 11:35 am

President Awarded Public Service Medal

Singapore Sailing Federation News

Teo Ping LOW (SIN), President of Singapore Sailing Federation and ISAF Vice-President, has been awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Medal), a Singapore National Day Award, for his contribution to sports.

LOW served as a committee member on the Council of Singapore Sports Council Committee from 1996 to 2005. Recently appointed Vice-President to the Singapore National Olympic Council, he has been at the helm of the Singapore Sailing Federation since 1999. He was elected as an ISAF Vice-President in 2004. Last year, he was elected as the President of the Singapore Rugby Union.

'I am honoured to be awarded the Public Service Medal and dedicate this to all the sports people who have helped and contributed to my pursuits towards sports excellence,' said an elated LOW.

The Singapore National Day Awards are a means of recognizing various forms of merit and service to Singapore. This year, a total of 2,936 individuals in 20 award categories received National Day Honours.

World Sailing TV

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.